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We all know by now that character flaws are very important to maintaining an identifiable hero in any story you create. But we don’t just have protagonists to write about in our stories. Our heroes and heroines need an arch nemesis to fight against, the antagonist of the storyline, the bad guy who reaps fiery infernos of vengeance upon the good guy. The bad guys need flaws as well—but not just any flaw; they need flaws that will make them hateable, flaws that are absolutely unforgiveable. These bad guys must have the reader so angry at them that they identify even more with the hero or heroine. These flaws can’t be just an

The character sheet is important to getting to know your character. I have read too many books where the author has the character's personality set at the beginning…and suddenly, throughout the story, the character is doing stuff that is completely out of their character with no explanation as to why. Now, I don't mean like the natural transition that a character should have in personality from beginning to end as events change the character. I'm talking about chaotic freakiness that just ruins the story. Worst of all, these have been professional authors. They don't seem to know their characters and the character ends up sounding dead. Now,